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  • The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and CRDF Global are starting a joint research grant program between young Arab female scientists and U.S. researchers in agricultural science. The collaboration – which aims to facilitate research partnerships between American and Arab – will open up new opportunities for Arab women researchers working in the field…

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  • The African Union Commission (AUC) has wrapped up a two-day workshop in Addis Ababa titled “Mitigating the Health and Nutrition Impacts of Aflatoxins in Africa through Uncommon Partnerships.” The workshop, held March 23-24, brought together stakeholders from the health and nutrition sectors, including representatives from member states, Partnership for Aflatoxin control in Africa (PACA), AMERF Health…

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  • The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through the Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (RAAF), has issued a Call for Proposals from companies, boards, agencies or commissions capable of providing food storage for the West African Regional Food Security Reserve. The European Union is supporting the West African Food Security Storage Support Project…

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  • The Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development is taking fellowship applications for students attending both the AIARD Annual Conference (June 5-7) and the Future Leaders Forum in Washington, D.C. Fellowships are made possible by USAID support and are awarded on a competitive basis to students who have a demonstrated interest in international agriculture and rural development. 

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  • Making use of the training he received through the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab, Ethiopian graduate student Abdi Hassen recently taught the aflatoxin detection technique he learned in the U.S. to supervisors and colleagues in his home country.

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  • The deadline is approaching to submit a paper or poster for the 2016 American  Peanut Research and Education Society (APRES) meeting in July. APRES members who wish to present  original  papers or posters at the 2016 APRES Annual Meeting should submit an abstract online by March 31 at www.apresinc.com. The  48th Annual  Meeting  will be…

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  • David Bertioli, a plant geneticist from the Universidade de Brasília who is working at the University of Georgia, will deliver a lecture Wednesday on the genome sequences of peanut’s diploid ancestors. While the lecture will be presented in Athens, Ga., researchers around the state and across the globe can listen in. Working with the International…

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